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Ford freelanced for the remainder of his career, directing occasionally for television and making several films including The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and the Civil War sequence of the Cinerama epic How the West Was Won (both 1962).
YearTitleNotes1917With Jean Hathaway; two reels. Ford's ...1917Two reels; lost .1917Two reels; lost .1917The Soul Herder (aka The Sky Pilot)With Harry Carey, Molly Malone, Hoot ...The Academy Film Archive has preserved a number of John Ford's films, including How Green Was My Valley, The Battle of Midway, Drums Along the Mohawk, Sex Hygiene, Torpedo Squadron 8, and Four Sons. [104]
- ‘Stagecoach’
- ‘The Long Voyage Home’
- ‘They Were Expendable’
- ‘Fort Apache’
- ‘3 Godfathers’
- ‘She Wore A Yellow Ribbon’
- ‘Rio Grande’
- ‘The Quiet Man’
- ‘The Searchers’
- ‘The Wings of Eagles’
A group of unlikely travelers find themselves on a stagecoach headed for Lordsburg, New Mexico, in the 1880s. The arrival of an escaped outlaw named the Ringo Kid (Wayne) shakes up their adventure, as they face riding through dangerous Apache territory. Wayne played his first leading role in Raoul Walsh’s The Big Trail in 1930, but the actor’s care...
During the early days of World War II, the crew of an English cargo ship called the SS Glencairn, makes. atrip from the West Indies to Baltimore. However, their load of dynamite on the ship strikes anxiety in all those onboard. They must combat surviving loneliness on the sea, while also working through the knowledge that there’s potentially a Nazi...
Lt. “Rusty” Ryan (Wayne) is aggravated when the new boats are deemed unacceptable for combat. When the attack on Pearl Harbor takes place, Ryan joins forces with his friend, Lt. Brickley (Robert Montgomery), in heading into battle. They Were Expendablecame from a book based on real-life experiences. Wayne and Ford were praised for their ability to ...
The pompous Lt. Colonel Owen Thursday (Henry Fonda) travels to Arizona with his daughter, Philadelophia (Shirley Temple), to accept the position of Fort Apache’s commander. However, he quickly finds himself at odds with Captain Kirby York (Wayne), who combats Thursday’s battle-hungry attitudes toward the local Native Americans. Fort Apachewent down...
Criminals Robert Hightower (Wayne), Pete Fuerte (Pedro Armendáriz), and the Abilene Kid (Harry Carey Jr.) rob an Arizonian bank, but Sheriff Buck Sweet (Ward Bond) quickly pursues them. The trio find themselves stranded in the desert, where they find a woman (Mildred Natwick), who dies during childbirth. They agree to bring the newborn baby to safe...
Calvary Captain Nathan Brittles (Wayne) is on his last job before retirement, where he must find a way to create peace between the Cheyenne and Arapaho Native American tribes Meanwhile, he must find a way to deliver his officer’s wife (Mildred Natwick) and niece (Joanne Dru) to safety, while a tribal war is looming. Wayne once considered She Wore a...
Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke (Wayne) is the head of a cavalry post in Texas, where he’s responsible for providing protection to the settlers against Apache raids. His 16-year-old son, Jeff (Claude Jarman Jr.) suddenly appears after they haven’t seen one another since the teenager was a baby. However, Kirby refuses to give him special treatment, as the boy’...
Boxer Sean Thornton (Wayne) accidentally kills his opponent during a match, which results in him deciding to leave America for his birthplace in Ireland. He wants to purchase his family’s home and live the rest of his days in the peaceful village. However, Sean gets on Will Danaher’s (Victor McLaglen) bad side, all while he falls in love for Will’s...
Ethan Edwards (Wayne) makes the journey back home to Texas after fighting in the Civil War. However, he’s shocked to discover that the Comanches killed his brother’s family, choosing to abduct a select few. Ethan vows to find them and bring them home alongside his niece’s (Natalie Wood) adopted brother, Martin Pawley (Jeffrey Hunter). The Searchers...
Pilot Frank “Spig” Wead (Wayne) seeks to make improvements to the Navy’s aviation program, which frequently relocates his life along with his (O’Hara) and their children. After incurring a back injury, Spig decides to pursue the career of a screenwriter to make pro-military films. The Wings of Eaglesmarked the third collaboration between Wayne, For...
He became one of the most respected directors in the business, in spite of being known for his westerns, which were not considered "serious" film. He won six Oscars, counting (he always did) the two that he won for his WWII documentary...
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During the next ten years he directed more than 30 films, including the westerns The Iron Horse (1924) and 3 Bad Men (1926), both starring George O'Brien, the war drama Four Sons and the Irish romantic drama Hangman's House (both 1928 and both starring Victor McLaglen ).
Jun 26, 2024 · By the end of the silents, Ford had directed more than 60 films (many “two-reelers” and a handful of films approaching what is now considered feature length), including dozens of westerns, often starring Harry Carey in the persona of “Cheyenne Harry,” a hard-drinking, often down-at-the-heels outlaw with a weakness for helping the ...
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46 titles. Sort by List order. 1. The Quiet Man. 1952 2h 9m Approved. 7.7 (43K) Rate. 85 Metascore. A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union. Director John Ford Stars John Wayne Maureen O'Hara Barry Fitzgerald. 10. 2.
